Mastodawn

In my ongoing efforts to #degoogle, I've been testing #organicMaps for the last two weeks. Because the only #google app that we are still using frequently is #googlemaps

And I have to say that I am impressed by how well it works. It sent me on a few "unexpected" routes for some that I drive frequently and for which I thought I found the optimal ones already...

Otherwise, a very nice experience and I can wholeheartedly say: No excuses any more - time to switch!

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devSJR

Apr 18

@abulling
I totally agree. Organicmaps is what I recommended to typical use cases. It is a great app. In particular, finding places is easy.

#osmand is what I use when satellite images, weather (real-time) and traffic information is needed on the map. In comparison to organicmaps is has way more functionality. However, it is not easy to use.

FYI:
https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders

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Andreas Bulling

@devSJR Thanks for the hint - #osmand looks great. How can I activate satellite and traffic (weather I found)?

And, if downloaded from #fdroid or #aurora - does #androidauto still work?

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MichaelZ Apr 18

@abulling @devSJR Traffic information (e.g. from Google) can be added as overlay, but it will not be used for routing. Google Auto only allows apps installed by Google Play. The F-Droid variant of OsmAnd the Aurora Store app can be tweaked to look as if installed by Play (if root available). But I don't know if this works then, our car only has Google Auto as very expensive extra purchase.

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MichaelZ Apr 18

@abulling @devSJR For routing with traffic information I use Nunav Navigation or Here We Go. Both are not good featured apps though.

Here is how to add traffic:

https://www.christiansaga.de/sowhatisthesolution/2021/02/22/osmand-google-traffic-overlay.html

I have no idea about #AndroidAuto .